Transporting apparatus for grain.



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Patented August 9, 1994.

`UNrrED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

GEORGE XVIANIchYVEAR. J-R., OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TRANSPORTING APPARTUS FOR GRAIN.

SPECIFICATION formlng partei' Letters Pnt/ent N0. 787,162, dated August 9, 1904..

'Application fried Juno 29, 1903. Serial No. 163.480. (No model.)

In all whom- 1'! may concern:

Be itI knownthnt I, Gnomi: W. MCNHAR. Jr.. :i citizen o f the United States, rcsid in; r at Oakland, county of Alameda, Stute of California. have invented c ertuin new und useful Improvements in Transporting Apparatus for Grain: und l do hereby dechire thefollowing to be n full, clear, und exact. description of the same.

The present invention comprises means whereby the sucks of frein muy be quickly trensported from distant points of e wharf or warehouse to e. common place of deposit, either for piling the sucks of gruinordeliverintr the sume for dischn'rge. into e vessel, the object, of the invention beingr to avoid the expense of handling the grain by means of trucks durim.r the work of moving' the sucks.

To comprehend the invention, reference should be hud to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is aside view ofthe ,11min-elevator with u series of trailer-sections united thereto, und Fig. Qis n. top plnn view of the mechanism disclosed by Fig. 1 of the drawings.

' The nuinernl l is used to indicate un inclined t-rough'or runwuy whirh is mounted upon u portable frame or plntfor'm :2. trough or runway l is arranged the endless conveyers` or elevators 3 4, which work over tht` sprocket-wheels 5 t3, secured to the crossshufts 'i 8, working.)` in bearings at the upper and lower end of the trough or runway 1.

These endless` conveyers or elevators 3 4 are i way 1. ll`l1e endl-essconveyors or elevators are driven by :in v suitable menus, preferably through the medium of un eli-ctrif: motor 12, mounted upon the platform or fra-nie 2. This` motor drives a cross-shaft' 13 through the f l g cated at tht` rear end of the. trailer-section 18,

medium of the belt 13', workin'govcr the pulleys 14 14'. To the end o f the shaft 13 opcured the sprocket-wheel 15.

the Shaft 13 is transmitted to drive the lower shaft 8 means of a sprocket-chain 15'. working over the sprocket-wheel 15 und the sprocket-'wheel 16, secured to one end of the drive-shaft S for the endless conveyers or elc- Ey this connection the power of the motor 12 is transmitted to drive said conveyers or elevators 3 4.. By reason ofthe upwar -dlyprojecting cleats or blocks 9 a suck of grain ns delivered into the trough or runway l is held therein while being cnrried to the upper end thereof by the .fiction of the com veyers or elevators to be de livered to a workmen stationed :it such point to receive the sacks or onto an endless conveyor 1i' for delivering the. sacks to a distantpluce of deposit.

To the lower end of the chute or trough 1 aseries of connected runwuysor chutes, which I shall term trailer-sectionsor"` runways 18 1 8' 18, are united. 1n thedruwings three trailer-sections vare illustrated; but it will be understood that the number muy be increased or decreased et will. The object of these trail-ers is to permit of the sucks of grain being taken from ditierent pinces at increased distance from the lower end of the chutel or runway 1. The Suid sections nre coupled or 'united in the sente nimmer is the section 18 is connected to the chute 1,\vhich is bymeans of a hinged hook 19 nt euch side of the chute or trough l engaging with studs19',laterally projecting froxn the sides of the forward end of section 18. At the opposite end of section 18 the hooks are hinged, which engage with studs laterally projecting from the forward end of thc opposing sect-ion. Withinsection 18 works an endless conveyer Q0, which car ries spaced cleats or blocks 20'. The conveyer works through a central opening 21 in "the bottoni of the runway, the blocks or cleats 20' working' over the surface of the botf tom 22. The endless conveyer Q0 is driven from the shaft 8 by means of the sprockctf wheel Q2', rnountedthereon, over which wheel und sprocket-wheel 23, secured Lo cross-shaft 23',thc conveyor works. The shaft 23' is l0- working in the slide bearing-bexes 24. These boxes are'sdjusted to regulate the tension of the conveyer by means of the take up screws 21'.

The trailer-section 18' is provided with two endless conveyers if() 25', which work through Q v Y 767,162-

longitudiizal slots 26, formed in the bottom 26'. These conveyors, like the conveyer :20,

are provided with spaced cleats or blocks QI,

which work over the surface of the bottoni 25'. cross-shaft 23' b v means of the :s1-)rocketwlieels 2T', over which sprocketfwheels and the sprocket-wheels .28 the endlesscon-veyers work. The sprocket-wheels 2h" are secured to the cross-shaft 25', working in the slide bearingboxes 29, located at the outer end of tlie tniilersection 1S', which slide-boxes are adjusted to regulate the tension of the conveyers 25 25' by means of the take-up screws 29'.

Like section l5 the trailer-section 182 is provided with a single endless conveyer 30, which works witliina longitudinal slot 30',cut in the bottom 31 of the said section. This conveyor, like the others, has attached thereto a series of cleats or blocks 32, .which work over the bottom 31. Said endless conveyer 30 is driven from the shaft 2 8' by means' of the sprocket-wheel 32', secured to said shaft between the sprocketwheels 28. Over the Sprocket-wlieel 32' and the sproclictuvheel 33 works the Iendless conveyor 30, said sprocketwheel 33 being secured to the cross-shaft 34; working within slide beariiig-boxes 35 at the outer end 'of the trailer-section 18. 'llie tension of the conveyer 30 is controlled by the take-up screws 35'. Y

By the described connections it is obvious that the drive-motor 12 has its motion imparted or transmitted for the operating of all of the conveyors. Hence the moment a sack ,of grain is placed into the last section 182 it is immediately caught bythe cleats of said section-conveyer and propelled through the, section and' delivered into the section 18'. In said section it is received by the cleats of its endless conveyor and propelled through the section and delivered onto the endless conveyer of section 18, which conveys the same forward until delivered'onto the endless conveyers or elevators of the chute or trough 1. When received into said chute or trough, the same is conveyed to the top thereof and delivered to a'workman there located to receive the sacks for piling or delivered onto the endless conveyer 17 for delivery at a distant point or place of deposit. j

To disconnect either of the trailer-sections, the hinged hooks 19 are released from the laterally-projecting studs 19' of the section to be cut out and one of the links of the endless conveyer or conveyersof the said section opened. The endless conveyer'or conveyers, as the case iiiay be, is then released from its drive sprocket-wheel- By the described system the length of the transporting apparatus may be increased at will in order to place the receiving end thereof within convenient reach of the workman handling'or loading the sacks of grain, theresacks a distance within the ware`.ou.se.

As the chute or trough l is mounted upon same may be readily` shifted from place to place in order to handle the grain to the best advantage with the ieastfexpense in the liandling,r thereof.

Having thus described the invention` what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patents, is-

1. ln a grain-transporting apparatus. :in inclined runway having opposite'ly-disposcd extended portions at the respective sides of its lower end, rollers upon the extended portions, an endless con-veyer mounted upon the runway, including chains' operatively associated with said rollers, a supplemental roller ar ranged intermediate said extended portions of the runway, having its axis in alineiuent with the axis-of the tirstdinentioned rollers, in combination with a trailer-section having a conveyer thereon, including a chain operatively associated with said supplemental roiler.v

2. In a grain-transporting'apparatus, a runway and a trailer'section, endless carriers upon both, said runway having acm-'away portion at its end adjacent the trailer-section, a roller within the cut-away portion operatively associated with the carrier upon the mailer-sec` tion, and a supplemental roller upony the runwayarranged in axial alin'ement with the firstmentioned roller 'and operatively associated with the carrier upon the runway, whereby 'the grain will have an uninterrupted feed from one section to the other.

` 3. In a grain-transporting apparatus, an inclined runway` having a grooved bottom section` an endlcssconveyer mounted upon the runway, coiiipi'is-ing a cha-in arranged within the grooved port-ion` and transversely -ar ranged cleats on the chain extending beyond the opposite sides of the groove and slidably engaging the upper surface of said bottom Section, in combination with a trailer-section, having an endless conveyer arranged within a grooved portion thereof and coiiuiiunicating with the first-mentioned conveyer, and an operating-shaft adjacent the contiguous ends of the runway and trailer-sections and common to both the endless carriers.

4. In a graintransporting apparatus, a runwayand a trailer-section, endless carriers upon both. said runway having a cut-away portion at its forward en d adjacent the trailer-section, a roller within the cut-away portion oper atively associated with the carrier upon the trailer-section, a supplemental roller upon the lrunway arranged in axialalinement with the first-mentioned roller and operatively associated with the carrier upon the runway., and an operating-'shaft common to both of said rollers.

5. In a grain-transportingapparatus, a runway and a trailer-section, endless carriers upon 1 a iiio'viible or portable frame or support the I Said conveyeis are driven from thei TOO losv

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both, Suid runway having a cutaway portion 1nd hooks adjacent snd rollers'fordetnchnaly x^ at its und mljncuni -the trnilcrscctun. :xx-011er r conneci-ng the sectuns. arranged wlh'n the cut-awny p0 'tion und In wincns whereof l have hereunto sei my upmuvely :Lwocntmi with. 'the cnrrcr upon t hund.- tln: tmlonscctun, n Supplcxnumnl rol-Yer upon the runway nxmugnd n axial aline-ment wilh the rsbxucntonml rullcr :md opcrutvcy zrsocntud n'th the Currier upon the runway, un operating-shui?. cuzumon to both ofsud'rolers,

GEORGE n. nexium, JK.

Xtnesws:

Hmm C. llnousm JAMES L. Kum. 

